Roman Enamelled Buckle Plate

Antiquities - Roman

LOT 559

Circa 1st-2nd century AD. A cast bronze buckle plate of rectangular profile with a symmetrical arrangement of enamel panels in blue, red and yellow; on the leading edge a pair of hinge-loops; on the reverse two attachment rivets. Copper-alloy, 30.3 grams, 68.2 mm.